Bill Text: IA SF2426 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to emergency management services and emergency medical services and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 570, SF 352, SF 41.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-04-04 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 750. [SF2426 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
570)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
352)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
41)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
emergency
management
services
and
emergency
1
medical
services
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.9,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
commission
shall
be
composed
of
a
each
member
of
3
the
board
of
supervisors,
the
sheriff,
and
the
mayor
from
each
4
city
within
the
county.
A
commission
member
may
designate
5
an
alternate
to
represent
the
designated
entity.
For
any
6
activity
relating
to
section
29C.17,
subsection
2
,
or
chapter
7
24
,
participation
shall
only
be
by
a
commission
member
or
a
8
designated
alternate
that
is
an
elected
official
from
the
same
9
designated
entity.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.17,
subsections
2,
3,
and
6,
Code
2024,
11
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
2.
For
purposes
consistent
with
this
chapter
,
the
local
13
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
budget
shall
be
funded
14
exclusively
by
one
or
any
combination
of
the
following
options,
15
as
determined
by
the
commission:
16
a.
A
countywide
special
levy
pursuant
to
section
331.424,
17
subsection
1
certified
and
levied
by
the
commission
at
a
rate
18
not
to
exceed
thirty-five
cents
per
one
thousand
dollars
of
19
assessed
value
of
taxable
property
to
be
used
for
the
support
20
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency,
except
for
special
21
or
unique
services
and
operations,
and
a
countywide
additional
22
levy
certified
and
levied
by
the
commission
at
a
rate
not
to
23
exceed
one
dollar
per
one
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
of
24
taxable
property
to
be
used
only
for
special
or
unique
services
25
and
operations
approved
by
the
commission
.
“Special
or
unique
26
services
and
operations”
means
any
of
the
following:
27
(1)
Joint
emergency
response
communications
services
28
through
an
agreement
entered
into
under
chapter
28E,
as
29
authorized
in
section
29C.9,
subsection
6.
30
(2)
Support
or
equipment
for
a
countywide
hazardous
31
materials
team.
32
(3)
Support
or
equipment
for
a
countywide
community
33
emergency
response
team.
34
(4)
Support
or
equipment
for
a
countywide
search,
rescue,
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and
recovery
team.
1
(5)
Support
or
equipment
for
a
countywide
incident
2
management
support
team.
3
b.
One
or
more
of
the
following
options:
4
(1)
Per
capita
allocation
funded
from
city
and
county
5
general
funds
or
by
a
combination
of
city
and
county
special
6
levies
which
may
be
apportioned
among
the
member
jurisdictions.
7
c.
(2)
An
allocation
computed
as
each
jurisdiction’s
8
relative
share
of
the
total
assessed
valuation
within
the
9
county.
10
d.
(3)
A
voluntary
share
allocation.
11
e.
(4)
Other
funding
sources
allowed
by
law
,
excluding
a
12
countywide
levy
.
13
3.
A
If
a
local
emergency
management
agency
is
funded
14
under
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
,
a
political
subdivision
may
15
appropriate
additional
funds
for
the
purpose
of
supporting
16
commission
expenses
relating
to
special
or
unique
matters
17
extending
beyond
the
resources
of
the
agency.
18
6.
Subject
to
chapter
24
,
the
commission
shall
adopt,
19
certify,
and
provide
a
budget,
on
or
before
February
28
of
20
each
year,
to
the
funding
entities
determined
pursuant
to
21
subsection
2
.
The
form
of
the
budget
shall
be
as
prescribed
22
by
the
department
of
management.
Any
portion
of
a
tax
levied
23
by
a
county
or
city
to
support
the
local
emergency
management
24
agency
shall
be
identified
separately
on
tax
statements
issued
25
by
the
county
treasurer.
A
tax
levied
by
the
commission
under
26
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
shall
be
identified
separately
on
27
tax
statements
issued
by
the
county
treasurer.
28
Sec.
3.
Section
29C.17,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
29
following
new
subsections:
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
If
a
commission
is
meeting
the
31
financial
obligations
for
implementation
of
its
local
emergency
32
management
program
and
operation
of
the
local
emergency
33
management
agency,
the
commission
may
reserve
an
amount
34
of
unobligated
and
unencumbered
funds,
excluding
amounts
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reserved
or
obligated
under
the
capital
improvement
plan
under
1
subsection
8,
for
operations
expenditure
obligations
in
a
2
future
fiscal
year,
not
to
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
thirty
3
percent
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
4
budget
for
the
fiscal
year.
5
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Each
commission
shall,
as
part
of
the
6
local
emergency
management
agency’s
budgeting
process,
adopt
7
a
capital
improvement
plan
that
identifies
large
expenditures
8
or
capital
improvement
projects
and
the
funding
sources
9
and
financing
of
such
projects
for
at
least
the
subsequent
10
five
fiscal
years.
Amounts
reserved
or
obligated
under
a
11
capital
improvement
plan
are
not
subject
to
the
reserve
amount
12
limitation
under
subsection
7.
The
local
emergency
management
13
agency’s
annual
budgeting
process
shall
include
evaluation
14
of
the
activities
undertaken
and
the
progress
made
under
the
15
capital
improvement
plan.
16
Sec.
4.
Section
331.424,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
17
subparagraph
(9),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
(9)
The
maintenance
and
operation
of
a
local
emergency
19
management
agency
established
pursuant
to
chapter
29C
,
unless
20
the
agency
is
funded
under
section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
21
paragraph
“a”
.
22
Sec.
5.
Section
384.12,
subsection
5,
Code
2024,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
5.
A
tax
for
the
support
maintenance
and
operation
of
25
a
local
emergency
management
commission
agency
established
26
pursuant
to
chapter
29C
,
unless
the
agency
is
funded
under
27
section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
.
28
Sec.
6.
Section
422D.6,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
29
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
30
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
Salaries
and
benefits
of
emergency
31
medical
care
providers,
as
defined
in
section
147A.1.
32
Sec.
7.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
budgets
for
33
property
taxes
due
and
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
34
after
July
1,
2025.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
Under
Code
section
29C.17,
a
local
emergency
management
4
agency’s
approved
budget
is
funded
by
one
or
any
combination
5
of
several
funding
options,
as
determined
by
the
local
6
emergency
management
commission,
including
a
countywide
7
special
levy
pursuant
to
Code
section
331.424(1)
under
the
8
county’s
supplemental
property
tax
levy
authority
in
an
amount
9
sufficient
to
pay
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
the
10
local
emergency
management
agency.
This
bill
authorizes
the
11
local
emergency
management
commission
to
certify
and
levy
the
12
countywide
special
levy
for
the
support
of
the
agency
at
a
rate
13
not
to
exceed
$0.35
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
and
limits
14
the
county’s
authority
to
certify
such
a
levy
if
the
agency
15
is
being
funded
with
the
countywide
levy
under
the
bill.
The
16
bill
also
limits
a
city’s
authority
to
levy
a
tax
under
Code
17
section
384.12(5)
to
support
an
emergency
management
agency
if
18
the
agency
is
being
funded
through
the
countywide
levy
under
19
the
bill.
20
The
bill
also
authorizes
the
local
emergency
management
21
commission
to
certify
and
levy
a
countywide
additional
levy
22
not
to
exceed
$1.00
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
for
special
23
or
unique
services
and
operations,
as
defined
in
the
bill,
24
approved
by
the
commission.
25
Code
section
29C.9
establishes
the
composition
of
each
26
local
emergency
management
commission
to
be
a
member
of
the
27
board
of
supervisors,
the
sheriff,
and
the
mayor
from
each
28
city
within
the
county.
The
bill
modifies
the
composition
of
29
each
commission
so
that
it
includes
each
member
of
the
board
30
of
supervisors.
31
Code
chapter
422D
authorizes
counties
to
impose
a
property
32
tax
levy,
an
income
surtax,
or
a
combination
of
both
taxes
33
within
the
county,
excluding
those
areas
within
a
benefited
34
emergency
medical
services
district
under
Code
chapter
357F,
to
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be
used
for
specified
emergency
medical
services
costs,
if
the
1
taxes
are
approved
at
election.
2
The
bill
adds
salaries
and
benefits
of
emergency
medical
3
care
providers,
as
defined
in
Code
section
147A.1,
to
the
4
eligible
expenditures
from
the
county
emergency
medical
5
services
trust
fund
under
Code
section
422D.6.
6
The
bill
also
provides
that
if
a
commission
is
meeting
7
the
financial
obligations
for
implementation
of
its
local
8
emergency
management
program
and
operation
of
the
local
9
emergency
management
agency,
the
commission
may
reserve
an
10
amount
of
unobligated
and
unencumbered
funds,
excluding
amounts
11
reserved
or
obligated
under
the
capital
improvement
plan,
12
as
required
under
the
bill,
for
expenditure
obligations
in
13
a
future
fiscal
year,
not
to
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
30
14
percent
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
15
budget
for
the
applicable
fiscal
year.
In
addition,
the
16
bill
allows
the
commission
to
reserve
an
amount
not
to
17
exceed
5
percent
of
the
annual
capital
improvement
budget
for
18
operations
expenditure
obligations
in
a
future
fiscal
year.
19
As
part
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
budgeting
20
process,
the
bill
requires
the
commission
to
adopt
a
capital
21
improvement
plan
that
identifies
large
expenditures
or
capital
22
improvement
projects
and
the
funding
sources
and
financing
23
of
such
projects.
The
local
emergency
management
agency’s
24
annual
budgeting
process
must
also
include
evaluation
of
the
25
activities
undertaken
and
the
progress
made
under
the
capital
26
improvement
plan.
27
The
bill
applies
to
budgets
for
property
taxes
due
and
28
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2025.
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